Mumbai maximum temperature increases; likely to drop in the next 4-5 days

On Tuesday, February 2, temperature across Mumbai and suburbs rose by two to three degrees again leading to a rise in the maximum temperature in the city.

How timing of Sea breeze & land breeze setting, control Mumbai's Max Temp can be seen below.
Morning land breeze easterly component continued to dominate almost till 10 UTC (3.30pm), actually delayed setting of Sea breeze (normally its before 1pm), rising Mumbai temp to 36.3°C
TC pic.twitter.com/QkAr1ey9Gk

— K S Hosalikar (@Hosalikar_KS) February 2, 2021

However, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), in the next four to five days, the maximum and minimum temperatures in Mumbai are likely to witness a drop. The minimum temperature in the suburbs had dropped below 15 degrees earlier on Friday, January 29. This was the lowest temperature recorded during the season. However, it has been rising since Saturday, with a low of 19.2 degrees Celsius in Santacruz and 22.0 degrees Celsius in Colaba on Tuesday.

Mumbai and around temp guidance:
Gradual reduction in both day & night Temperatures are expected in coming 4,5 days as per the IMD GFS guidance, including parts of N Madhya Mah, Marathwada areas..

— K S Hosalikar (@Hosalikar_KS) February 2, 2021

The maximum temperature in the suburbs has risen by about five to six degrees in the last four days. The maximum temperature was recorded at 36.3 degrees in Santacruz and 33.8 degrees in Colaba on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, on February 3 morning, the minimum temperature recorded in the state are, Parbhani 11.9 Degrees Celsius, Nanded 13 Degrees Celsius, Jalna 14.9 Degrees Celsius, A'bad 12.6 Degrees Celsius, Santacruz 18.6 Degrees Celsius, Colaba 21 Degrees Celsius, Dahanu 18.7 Degrees Celsius, Ratnagiri 19.2 Degrees Celsius, Solapur 14.1 Degrees Celsius, Kolhapur 17.3 Degrees Celsius, Osbad 14.4 Degrees Celsius, Sangli 15.9 Degrees Celsius, Nasik 11.3 Degrees Celsius, Jalgaon 10.2 Degrees Celsius, Satara 12.9 Degrees Celsius, MWR 14 Degrees Celsius, Baramati 11.6 Degrees Celsius, Pune 10.7 Degrees Celsius, Malegaon 13.2 Degrees Celsius, and Jeur 11 Degrees Celsius.

Even the air quality deteriorated slightly on Friday, January 29, after improving marginally for the last couple of days with an overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of 227. Moreover, in places like Kurla, Sion and Nerul, the AQI was above 300 in the ‘severe’ category